Bainbridge Students at Blakely Park

Stasi Burzycki, a 13-year-old seventh-grader, ties an origami crane onto the ivy sculpture that he and other students in Odyssey program at Commodore Options School on Bainbridge Island made. The sculpture was made using English ivy, an invasive plant that cleaned up at Blakely Harbor Park. (Larry Steagall | Kitsap Sun)

Anika Vroom, a 12-year-old seventh grader, ties an origami crane onto part of the ivy sculpture created by she and other students in the Odyssey program at Commodore Options School on Bainbridge Island. Students made nine trips to Blakely Harbor Park this year to remove invasive English ivy, test water and do other projects. (Larry Steagall | Kitsap Sun)

Walker Busath-Haedt, left, and seventh grader Sarah Collins put together a sculpture made of ivy at Blakely Harbor Park on Bainbridge Island on Wednesday. The students, with the help of island artist Kristen Tollefson, created the nature-inspired sculpture as part of a study of the park that involved removing invasive weeds and conducting water testing. (Larry Steagall | Kitsap Sun)

Elena Arakaki, a 13-year-old eighth-grader in the Odyssey program at Commodore Options School on Bainbridge Island, ties together a natural sculpture made of English ivy on Wednesday at Blakely Harbor Park. The students, with the help of island artist Kristen Tollefson, created the nature-inspired sculpture as part of a study of the park. (Larry Steagall | Kitsap Sun)

Commodore Options School students wind together ivy to create a natural sculpture at Blakely Harbor Park on Bainbridge Island. It was the culmination of a study of the park by students in the Odyssey program. (Larry Steagall | Kitsap Sun)

Students used an invasive ivy that they had pulled earlier in the year to create an impromptu work of art at Blakely Harbor Park on Bainbridge Island. Working on it Wednesday were Commodore Options School students, from left, Chloe Simon, Sarah Collins, Elena Arakaki and Isabelle DeVeaux. (Larry Steagall | Kitsap Sun)

Working on the natural sculpture at Blakely Harbor Park on Wednesday were Isabelle DeVeaux, left, and Chloe Simon. Students in the Odyssey program at Commodore Options School later hung origami cranes on the string of ivy.

Commodore Options School seventh-grader Silas Gibbins, 13, writes a poem about the day of work performed at Blakely Harbor Park on Wednesday. (Larry Steagall | Kitsap Sun)

Ben DeVries, a 13-year-old seventh-grader at Commodore Options School on Bainbridge Island, writes a poem about his school’s year of work and studying at Blakely Harbor Park. (Larry Steagall | Kitsap Sun)

Emily Rogers, a seventh-grader at Commodore Options School on Bainbridge Island, helps hang a string of ivy that is part of a piece of art erected at Blakely Harbor Park on Wednesday. (Larry Steagall | Kitsap Sun)